Alboránsjön
Alboránsjön är en del av Medelhavet kring den spanska ön Alborán innanför Gibraltar sund. Den utgör den västligaste delen av Medelhavet och gränsar i öster till Baleariska havet. Djupet ligger på cirka 400 meter i väster och över 2 000 meter i öster. Alboránsjön omges av bergskedjor – Rifbergen i söder och Betiska kordiljäran (med bland andra Sierra Nevada och Gibraltarklippan) i norr, alla ingående i veckningssystemet Gibraltarbågen.[1]
Omgivande berg
Berg och bergsskedjor som omger Alboránsjön:
- Rifbergen (med Melilla och Ceuta)
- Gibraltarklippan
- Sierra Nevada (som del av Betiska kordiljäran)
Referenser
- ^ Flinch, Joan Francese (1994): "Tectonic evolution of the Gibraltar Arc". Rice.edu. Läst 26 oktober 2012. (engelska)
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The Strait of Gibraltar provides a natural physical barrier between the countries of Spain (north) and Morocco (south). In geologic terms, the 10-mile (16-kilometer) strait that separates the two countries, as well as Europe and Africa, is located where the two major tectonic plates—the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate—collide. This high-oblique, northeast-looking photograph shows the mountainous northern coast of Morocco and the coastal mountains of southern Spain, including the dagger-shaped, snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountains of southeastern Spain. The Guadalquivir River flows from east to west along the base of the Sierra Morena Mountains in southern Spain. The famous British city of Gibraltar is located on the wedge-shaped peninsula on the east side of the bay in the southernmost protrusion of Spain. The city of Ceuta is a Spanish enclave on the extreme northeastern coast of Morocco. Ceuta, a free port with a large harbor, has remained under Spanish control since 1580.
The Strait of Gibraltar provides a natural physical barrier between the countries of Spain (north) and Morocco (south). In geologic terms, the 10-mile (16-kilometer) strait that separates the two countries, as well as Europe and Africa, is located where the two major tectonic plates—the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate—collide. This high-oblique, northeast-looking photograph shows the mountainous northern coast of Morocco and the coastal mountains of southern Spain, including the dagger-shaped, snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountains of southeastern Spain. The Guadalquivir River flows from east to west along the base of the Sierra Morena Mountains in southern Spain. The famous British city of Gibraltar is located on the wedge-shaped peninsula on the east side of the bay in the southernmost protrusion of Spain. The city of Ceuta is a Spanish enclave on the extreme northeastern coast of Morocco. Ceuta, a free port with a large harbor, has remained under Spanish control since 1580.